The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) finalized a rule Friday that aims to tighten the reins on digital health apps sharing ...
The final rule underscores that the Health Breach Notification Rule applies to health apps and emerging technologies outside ...
Regulators have been pursuing more enforcement actions against health applications sharing consumers’ data. Friday’s final rule should give those actions more heft.
The FTC has applied the HBNR to mobile health applications, as its recent enforcement actions against GoodRx and Easy Healthcare show. With GoodRx disputing the applicability of the HBNR to its ...
Early last year, the FTC notched its first settlement under the HBNR, forcing drug discount provider GoodRx to pay a $1.5 million civil penalty after finding it disclosed consumers’ information ...
The FTCC on Friday issued regulations that will require operators of online health services and apps to notify consumers about "unauthorized" disclosures of their identifiable health data -- including ...
We’ve talked before about the FTC’s focus on consumer health privacy. In cases against BetterHelp and GoodRx, a blog post announcing rules it intends to enforce in the space, and a report ...